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PACKING CAS'E.- APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. IsIz.

Patented Mar. 26, 1.918.

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WALTER S. JOHNSON, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PACKING-CASE.

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1o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER S. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases, Vof which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in protective cases for egg-containing cartons in retail delivery to the purchaser.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a case of simple construction that will protect the contents of an eggcarton from injury While being delivered to the customer, including devices for re- Vleasably retaining the carton within the case.

VA further object of the invention is the `provision of simple and elificient means whereby an egg-carton may be readily inserted in a case or 'withdrawn therefrom.V The invention consists in the novel construction of an egg-carton containing case, as will me hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, Figure l is a view in horizontal section of a packing case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof with an egg-carton contained therein, and Fig. 3 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in transverse section of the same.

The present invention is designed for the purpose of carrying an egg-carton consisting, usually, of a box C made of paper or the like and divided interiorly into individual egg receptacles by means of a i'iller, so-called, formed of inter-engaging longitudinal and transverse partitions F and F1.

To these ends, I provide a case comprising Side walls 2 and 3, top and bottom walls 4 and 5, and a rear end wall 6. The front end of the case is open for the insertion `or removal of the carton. Said side walls arerecessed, as at 7, to aiford at inside corners of the case projecting strips 8 which are provided with rabbets 9 to accommodate the side corners of the carton.

The top and bottom of the case are also provided with recesses, such as 10, which are most advantageously aorded by longitudinal partition cleats 11 secured, as y being glued, in grooves 12 provided therefor in the respective walls. Said partition Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 9, 1917.

Patented Mar. 26, 1913.. serial no. 160,652.

cleats are disposed to be directly above and below the longitudinal filler partitions F.

At the rear, vertical strips 13 are employed atea-ch side, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to furnish stops against which the carton is brought when shoved into the case, and also providing a recess 14 at the rear end of the case. At the front, or mouth, of the case, the various partition cleats 11 are sloped, as at 111, and the outer end of the iabbets are formed to provide Haring surfaces 91, whereby the introduction of a carton is facilitated. y

Secured to the inner surface of the caseside 8 is the longitudinally disposed shank 15 of a spring-metal latch having near its forward end a bill 16 arranged to engage over the outer end of a carton, as indicated by broken lines C1 in Fig. l, to releasablyretain the same within the case.

The extremity of the spring is inclined as at 17, whereby a carton, upon being inserted in the case, will thrust the latchbill out of the path of the carton. To accommodate the outward movements of the spring, the side wall?) is provided with a slot 18 and a thumb-receiving recess 19. The spring-latch, however, is adapted to occupy the position substantially as represented by full lines in Fig. 1, so that when a carton is engaged thereby, the latter will be pressed against the opposing walls of the rabbets 9 in the projections 8 of the wall thereby obviating any relative movenient of the carton with respect to the case during transportation, or otherwise.

In operation, the carton C is introduced within the packing case by being inserted through the open end of the latter and in so doing engages the inclined portion 17 of the latch, causing t-he latter to yield. When the carton has been inserted to abut the strips 13, the carton will have passed beyond the latch-bill 16 which will thereupon be protrudedinwardly to secure the carton -from being accidentally withdrawn, and at the same time the latch-part 21 will Vpress against the carton to thrust the same longitudinal partitions F. The top and bottom Walls ofthe 'carton are unsupported at the respective` egg receptacles therein and enable the eggs Y to be contained Within the carton Without damage.

To remove the carton from the case, the latch is retracted by disengaging the bill 1G thereof by means of the operatorsinger, and pushing the carton outwardly With a finger of his other hand inserted through an yaperture 20 provided in the end Wall (i.

The invention is intended for employment by retail grocers livering eggs to purchasers, and insures that the goods ivill reach the customer in undamaged condition. The egg-filling cartons are placed inthe packing case at the store, and can be handled without danger of breaking. After the carton is ejected at the place of delivery, the case is ret'frned to the storel for further use.V

While have described my invention with some particularity, I do not intend that my invention shall be restricted to the precise details illustratedandA described, as the same may be modied infvarious Ways to carry out the spirit of the invention and Withinthe scope 4of the appended claims.

l-Iavingvdescribed my invention, what I claim, is-

1.l A packing case comprising a boX body having at top, bottom side and an end Wall, spaced cleats extending longitudinally of the top and bottom Wall and projecting be Y the inner surfaces thereof, the side Vyond l being provided at their upper and -vvalls lower edges and at their surfaces with transversely thickened portions having longitudi- Y nally disposed rabbets and vertical strips locpies of this patear inay be obtained far and others in de-V cated at the end portions of the end Wall and between the thickened portions of the side Walls and having side surfaces Which lie in the same vertical `plane as that in Y which the verticalV rabbets at the opposite ends thereof lie, the parts being so ar ranged that the major portions ofthe surfaces the sides and end of a carton .will be held by the cleats, rabbets and strips spaced from` the inner surfaces ofthe box body` ing case for protecting Ythe contents of said carton, including side, top and bottom Walls and one end Wall, longitudinal stripsprovided on said top and bottom Walls and dis? posed in vertical planes with the respective partitions, upon one of said Walls and arranged to retain said carton Within said case and to resiliently urge the carton toward the end Wall of the case, f l Y n Signed atSeattle, Washington, thisnd day of April,19 1f7..v i

'WAL-TRES'. JOHNSON; i

Witnesses:v Y Y Y i five cents each, 'by addressngthe Commissioner ofPat'ent, Washingtongn. i

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